Fate of selected estrogenic hormones in an urban sewage treatment plant in Tunisia (North Africa)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-160

  Belhaj, Dalel ^a   Baccar, Rim ^b   Jaabiri, Ikram ^b   Bouzid, Jalel ^b   Kallel, Moneem ^b   Ayadi, Habib ^a   Zhou, John L ^c  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estrogenic contaminants; Fate; Micropollutants; Seasonal variation; Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ESTROGENIC CONTAMINANTS; ESTROGENIC HORMONES; FATE; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NORTH AFRICA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUNISIA; URBAN SEWAGE TREATMENT;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LIQUID; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE INFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SOLID; SPRING; SUMMER; TUNISIA; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WINTER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TUNISIA;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; SEWAGE; TUNISIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84908587338     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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